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Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts to end violence in Northern Ireland

By Rudina Vojvoda

NEW YORK, USA, 8 June 2011 – In 1976, Mairead Maguire was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her extraordinary actions to end violence in Northern Ireland, her native country.

© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-0383/David BerkwitzOn 30 April 2009, (on large screens) Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of India addresses participants via video

By Pi James

UN and UNICEF Radio moderator Amy Costello is hosting a series of podcast discussions with Nobel Peace Prize winners. This is the second in the series of reports in those conversations.

NEW YORK, USA, 17 July 2009 – In 2007, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, along with former US Vice President Al Gore.

At the time, the Nobel Committee said it was “seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind.”